Hannah Arendt and Human Rights: The Predicament of Common ResponsibilityIndiana University Press, 29.09.2006 г. - 184 страници Hannah Arendt's most important contribution to political thought may be her well-known and often-cited notion of the "right to have rights." In this incisive and wide-ranging book, Peg Birmingham explores the theoretical and social foundations of Arendt's philosophy on human rights. Devoting special consideration to questions and issues surrounding Arendt's ideas of common humanity, human responsibility, and natality, Birmingham formulates a more complex view of how these basic concepts support Arendt's theory of human rights. Birmingham considers Arendt's key philosophical works along with her literary writings, especially those on Walter Benjamin and Franz Kafka, to reveal the extent of Arendt's commitment to humanity even as violence, horror, and pessimism overtook Europe during World War II and its aftermath. This current and lively book makes a significant contribution to philosophy, political science, and European intellectual history. |
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... inherent principle of humanity, provides the ontological foundation for human rights. Moreover, the archaic event of natality carries two principles: the principle of initium and the principle of givenness. In chapters 2 and 3 ...
... inherent in the imperialistic pan-movements, she argues against the popular cliché that the more we know about each other, the more we will like each other. On the contrary, Arendt argues, “The more peoples know about one another, the ...
... inherent in the idea of humanity, linking that idea to the notion of a unitary origin of the human race. As we shall see, Arendt's location of the origin in the originary event of natality not only criticizes this notion but offers the ...
... inherently marked by contingency and unpredictability. Arendt's ontology, therefore, does not describe an immutable order of essences. It does not seek enduring truths upon which to ground both thought and action; it does not posit a ...
... inherent in the event of natality is Arendt's claim that these principles of movement and action are at work in both the public and private realms. Indeed, the principles of movement and action unify the public and private, thereby ...
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Freedom Power and the Right to Have Rights | 35 |
Appearance Singularity and the Right to Have Rights | 70 |
4 The Predicament of Common Responsibility | 104 |
The Political Institution of the Right to Have Rights | 132 |
Notes | 143 |
Work Cited | 155 |
Index | 159 |